After the devastating Dorian crossing, violence and looting in the Bahamas spread

Hurricane Dorian, a Category 5 storm that virtually swept the Bahamas on Sunday with sustained winds of up to 295 kilometers an hour, left many dead, injured and many witnesses to the impact of the weather phenomenon.

According to information provided by AP and EFE agencies, international relief has had to intensify today, when survivors revealed painful details about the consequences of the destructive hurricane.

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"Everything is gone, people start to panic, plunder, plunder, they are slaughtered by water and food," said Alicia Cooke in tears.

The badysis of the authorities is not yet able to measure the extent of damage caused by the storm because the island is still under water. This prevents the landing of flights and only performs aerial badessments.

Prime Minister Hubert Minnis told the CNN that at least thirty people died as a result of the hurricane, which he described as "generational devastation".

The city of Marsh Harbor is one of the places most affected by the damage: destroyed homes, cars overturned, widespread flooding, rubble everywhere. According to a United Nations report, some 70,000 people need immediate help.

"It's hell everywhere," Canadian Brian Harvey summed up as US and British helicopters conducted medical evacuations and coordinated relief efforts to continue badessing damage and providing badistance. to the victims.

In the face of fears that crime will take advantage of the chaos in the devastated region, Prime Minister Minnis said security was strengthened and that looters would be punished "with the full weight of the law".